A Newly-Discovered Winery at Jezreel, Israel, and its Bloody Biblical Connections – Archaeology Lecture Presented by Jennie Ebling

UNC Asheville and the WNC chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) offer this lecture, free and open to everyone via Zoom, beginning at 7:30 p.m.,  as part of the AIA’s 125th Lecture Program.

A link to the lecture can be found here:
https://unca-edu.zoom.us/j/97745582804?pwd=c21sRVRFZWViL2tNbXdiOWo4WENRUT09

• Jennie Ebeling is an associate professor of archaeology at the University of Evansville and a specialist in Syro-Palestinian archaeology. She has published widely on women and archaeology in the ancient Near East and has excavated at various sites in Israel including Jezreel where she is currently co-director of the Jezreel Expedition. Her talk will focus on the well-preserved winery complex found at the site and offer new insights into the technology and scale of wine production in the region during the Iron Age (ca. 1200-586 BCE). The Jezreel winery also provides context for the dramatic story of Naboth’s vineyard in 1 Kings 21 and the events that brought down the House of Ahab, including the gruesome death of ancient Israel’s infamous Queen Jezebel.

For more information, please email UNC Asheville Senior Lecturer in Art/Art History and Classics, and President of the AIA’s WNC Chapter, Laurel Taylor, at ltaylor@unca.edu.